Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 17:47:14 10/17/99
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On October 17, 1999 at 03:26:42, Ed Schröder wrote:
>In the game Zagorskis - Rebel Century (Lithuanian re-match) Rebel Century
>played the surprising 17..Ne5! Zagorskis played 18.Qxb7? taking the pawn
>Rebel offered him which IMO is a major mistake as it loses the initiative.
>
>As a result Zagorskis was faced with a strong king attack which he could
>not defend as Rebel did not let him escape. IMO after 18.Qxb7? white
>is lost.
>
>Rebel Century played this game using anti-GM and 17..Ne5! was the best
>move all the time.
>
>When I turn off anti-GM Rebel also has 17..Ne5 but then at iteration 11
>changes to 17..Bc5 (also leaving the b7 pawn en-prise!) but on ply 12
>Rebel goes back to 17..Ne5 again.
>
>In both cases (Ne5 and Bc5) Rebel did not expect Zagorskis to take the
>pawn on b7. After 17..Ne5 Rebel expected 18.b4
>
>I wonder about these 2 moves. I wonder if 17..Bc5 is as good as Ne5, I
>also wonder what other programs play.
>
>4r1k1/ppprqpp1/2nbp1p1/1Q6/4P3/2P3P1/PP3PBP/R1B1R1K1 b - - id Zagorskis,D -
>Rebel Century; bm c6e5;
>
>Ed Schroder
current version only considers Ne5 at any reasonable time:
11 14.72 -1.27 1. ... Ne5 2. Qxb7 Bc5 3. Rf1 Nd3 4.
b4 Nxc1 5. Raxc1 Bb6 6. Qc6 Rd2 7.
a4
(2) 11-> 14.72 -1.27 1. ... Ne5 2. Qxb7 Bc5 3. Rf1 Nd3 4.
b4 Nxc1 5. Raxc1 Bb6 6. Qc6 Rd2 7.
a4
12 23.92 -1.19 1. ... Ne5 2. Qxb7 Bc5 3. Qb3 Red8
4. Qc2 Qf6 5. h3 Nd3 6. Re2 Nxc1 7.
Rxc1 c6
(2) 12-> 35.59 -1.19 1. ... Ne5 2. Qxb7 Bc5 3. Qb3 Red8
4. Qc2 Qf6 5. h3 Nd3 6. Re2 Nxc1 7.
Rxc1 c6
13 1:14 -1.18 1. ... Ne5 2. Qxb7 Bc5 3. Qb5 Red8
4. Rf1 Nd3 5. b4 Bb6 6. e5 Nxc1 7.
Raxc1 Rd2 8. Qc4
13-> 1:40 -1.18 1. ... Ne5 2. Qxb7 Bc5 3. Qb5 Red8
4. Rf1 Nd3 5. b4 Bb6 6. e5 Nxc1 7.
Raxc1 Rd2 8. Qc4
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